Nicki Minaj and her husband owe $500,000 to sufferer of alleged backstage assault
Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty have been ordered to pay $500,000 (£396,000) for an alleged backstage assault by a decide this Friday (March 22).
In line with safety guard Thomas Weidenmuller in a lawsuit dropped at an LA courtroom, the incident was sparked by a fan climbing on stage with Minaj throughout a live performance held in Frankfurt in 2019. The rapper allegedly blamed a feminine safety guard for letting the fan leap over the barricade, and began to document the guard as she yelled at her.
Weidenmuller then reportedly stepped in, telling Minaj it wasn’t honest to have the safety staffer’s repute “ruined” publicly. He claimed Minaj then threw a shoe at him (however missed), and went on to allege that Petty ambushed him from behind and punched him within the face. The blow allegedly left Weidenmuller “shocked and disoriented” with a damaged jaw.
“I felt a blinding ache in my head, neck, face and jaw. I might inform in that immediate that one thing was severely unsuitable with my jaw,” he wrote in a courtroom submitting. Weidenmuller added he was taken to hospital and underwent a number of surgical procedures, staying on the hospital for an additional ten days. Weidenmuller acknowledged he now has “5 plates” in his jaw, which nonetheless “has not but been absolutely reconstructed”.
Weidenmuller initially requested for $21,000 to cowl medical payments and $700,000 for emotional ache, struggling, and his ongoing harm. Nevertheless, as Minaj and Petty failed to reply to the lawsuit, the decide awarded Weidenmuller a default judgement quantity of over $500,000. In line with Weidenmuller’s legal professionals, the courtroom tried to serve Minaj and Petty the grievance a number of occasions, however by no means succeeded. NME have reached out to Minaj’s reps for remark.
Minaj is presently touring her new album ‘Pink Friday 2‘ – see all remaining dates under and get your tickets here.
Nicki Minaj ‘Pink Friday 2’ 2024 world tour dates are:
MARCH 2024
24 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Area
26 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Heart
28 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Heart
29 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Heart
30 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard
APRIL 2024
1 – Washington, D.C. – Capital One Area
2 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Financial institution Area
4 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Heart
5 – Hartford, CT – XL Heart
7 – Raleigh, NC – Dorothea Dix Park
8 – Boston, MA – TD Backyard
10 – Boston, MA – TD Backyard
12 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Heart
13 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Discussion board
17 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
18 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Area
20 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Area
24 – Chicago, IL – United Heart
25 – Chicago, IL – United Heart
27 – Minneapolis, MN – Goal Heart
30 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Area
MAY 2024
1 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Heart
2 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK – Paycom Cente
9 – Houston, TX – Toyota Heart
11 – Dallas, TX – American Airways Heart
12 – Austin, TX – Moody Heart
23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
25 – Manchester, England – Co-Op Dwell
26 – Birmingham, England – Resorts World Area
28 – London, England – The O2
29 – Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro
JUNE 2024
1 – Paris, France – Accor Area
2 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
4 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Area
5 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Area
7 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes Benz Area
9 – Paris, France – Accor Area
11 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Area
12 – Stockholm, Sweden – Tele2 Area
In different information, Usher has stated he regrets smacking Minaj on the bum on the 2014 VMAs, saying: “I shouldn’t have smacked her”. The artist initially claimed it was “Jamaican tradition,” including: “So that you gotta go to Jamaica. That was only a second that was enjoyable.”
“I feel I used to be reaching a bit once I smacked her, although,” he continued. “I shouldn’t have smacked her butt. I shouldn’t have did that.”